Welcome!

From April 3-4, the National Center for Research on Rural Education (R2Ed) hosted Connect-Inform-Advance, the 2013 National Conference on Rural Education Research. With a theme of Promoting Academic Success of Rural Students, the conference:

Assembled education researchers, practitioners and policymakers from across the country

Fostered dialogue about research-supported influences of teaching, family engagement, community involvement, school environment and contextual factors on the academic success of rural students

Provided a research platform for exploring current issues and future directions of rural schools and education policy

Featured presentations, roundtable discussions, open panels and a conference-specific Twitter feed

This conference is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305C090022 to the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The opinions expressed are those of the conference organizers and do not represent the views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.